Start making cars directly? Lu Zixin felt that it was not realistic. To turn technology into reality, he needed to overcome many difficulties. Especially when he was getting technology that the current automotive industry had not mastered yet. The difficulty factor was multiplied!
Before making cars, he should first make some relatively simple vehicles to accumulate technology and capital, such as building a company, a factory, and a complete upstream supply chain and downstream sales chain.
"Electric scooters seem to be the best choice now?" Lu Zixin thought that electric scooters were the most suitable starting point.
Electric scooters were broadly defined as all vehicles powered by electricity. But Lu Zixin was thinking of the two-wheeled electric scooters that everyone rode in their daily lives, commonly known as electric scooters.
Electric scooters were much simpler in structure than four-wheeled vehicles. The manufacturing process was also relatively simpler and had lower requirements for the industry.
Moreover, even if it was an electric scooter, it did not mean that there was no black technology!
Lu Zixin asked RI-8901 to search in the . Soon, he found a few black technologies that he could try to develop.
First, it was the multi-core control intelligent high-efficiency motor. The motor was the engine of the electric scooter.
It was made of high-strength magnetic steel and added with an intelligent control chip. It could be activated instantly through electrical signals or wireless signals.
This type of motor could reduce current consumption and increase power. Some ordinary electric scooters could travel on flat roads, but once they climbed a steep slope, it would be very difficult and even required to reduce the load.
But for the multi-core control intelligent high-efficiency motor, these were small problems. The power it produced could even make the user feel the acceleration of the car!
Another was the electromagnetic braking system. Electromagnetic braking was a technology that already existed, but its application level was only on large mechanical equipment, such as mine electric drills, roller coasters, and so on.
Traditional friction braking would have instability, such as sliding on rainy or snowy days, resulting in poor braking effect.
Electromagnetic braking relied on the interaction between the magnetic poles to achieve braking. When the metal piece cut the magnetic induction wire, it would create a vortex inside the metal, which would create a magnetic field to resist the motion. In fact, the magnetic braking device did not have direct contact with the body of the car! So it would not be affected by the external road conditions and weather.
This kind of electromagnetic braking device often required the cooperation of fixed magnetic poles, so it was rarely used in ordinary vehicles. Even if some cars were used, they were only assisted by electromagnetic braking. They mainly relied on friction braking.
In the mechanical diagram given by Optimus Prime, this technical obstacle had been overcome. The electromagnetic braking device could be installed on moving machines, not just vehicles, but other moving machines as well.
Other than that, there were also some designs for the body, transmission and the like. If they were meticulously designed, the speed and other performance of the electric scooter could even surpass that of an oil powered motorcycle!
Of course, the pursuit of speed was for high-end racing cars. Lu Zixin would not consider that for the time being. What he wanted first was a household electric scooter. Only when the product had a market and profits could it form a virtuous cycle and continue to invest in research and development.
Even though Hongxin Company was making a lot of money, Lu Zixin had spent almost two-thirds of it on research and development. Adding up all the subsidiaries of the Hongxin Group, there were five R&D centers under construction and more than a hundred laboratories. Moreover, with every new project, this number would increase.
The investment in research and development ranged from a few million to a few billion. It was burning money all the time!
This could not be helped. Hongxin's research was in the field of "breakthrough" technology. For other companies, even if they were supported by the government, they would not be able to invest so much money.
Other than the mechanical equipment and structure, Lu Zixin felt that there was a need to improve. There was also a need to modify the artificial intelligence.
He found a few professionals and discussed with them.
There were a total of three people. One of them was Professor Cheng Mu from Jiang University. He was invited by Lu Zixin.
One of them was called Jiang Xunmei. She was a woman in her forties. She was slightly chubby and was a senior manager of a car brand. She had already left her job and was very experienced.
The other one was Han Jia from Hongxin Software. He was also very familiar with artificial intelligence systems.
Lu Zixin explained his idea. Cheng Mu thought for a while and expressed his opinion first.
Compared to the other professors, Cheng Mu was much younger. He was only in his early thirties. He said, "There are a few problems with multi-core control of an intelligent and efficient motor. It needs to use high-strength magnetic steel materials and ultra-hard permanent magnetic alloys. This is a bit difficult to manufacture. "
"To increase the horsepower of the motor, it needs a strong current. This also requires a higher battery. If a normal electric car battery supports this type of motor, the battery will not have enough power. This will cause the battery to decrease. "
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"There is also the electromagnetic braking device. There is no problem with the auxiliary electromagnetic braking device. But if it is all electromagnetic braking, it will require more braking force and will cause the metal plate to overheat … "
Lu Zixin nodded. His smart glasses recorded Professor Cheng Mu's words. These problems would be solved by Lu Zixin in the future.
Jiang Xunmei said, "General Lu, if your lithium-air battery can achieve the theoretical effect, I think it will not lack a market."
"Then what do you think the market will be if all of these are made?" Lu Zixin asked.
"Make all of them?" Jiang Xunmei said, "If it can really be made, the performance will be second to none. But in the current electric car brands, Emma, Yady, Verde, etc. already occupy half of the market. The performance of their products is not bad. There are also some foreign brands that are not bad. "
"In terms of manufacturing cost, they will definitely be cheaper and more competitive. So I estimate that the market sales will not exceed them, but it will not be bad either. "
Lu Zixin's theoretical electric car sounded good, but as a professional, she knew that the manufacturing cost would at least double!
As a majority of consumers, would they be willing to spend more than double the price to buy an electric car? Only a minority!
"We at Hongxin only make the most advanced products!" Lu Zixin said, "So, we still need to increase its competitiveness and include electric scooters in the category of smart products."
Han Jia was surprised, "General Lu, are we going to make driverless electric cars first?"
"Driverless electric cars are a separate project. We are not in a hurry to do it." Lu Zixin said, "Didn't we just make the smart home system? My idea is to integrate our electric scooters into the AI management system and make it a smart product and not an ordinary electric scooter. "
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